Case for holding talking-machine records.



H. 0. BROWN. CASE POR HOLDING Ml-KING MACHINE RECORDS. APPLICATION FILEDFEB..19,1 909.

956,51 6. Q Patented M y 3, 1910.

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CASE FOR HOLDING TALKIE'G-IIACHINE RECORDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May a, 1910.

Application filed February 19, 1909. Serial rte/Essie. Y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY G. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at "Woodbury, in the county of Gloucester and State of NewJersey, have invented certain Improvements in Cases for HoldingTalking-Machine Records.

My invention relates to cases or portfolios for holding fiat talkingmachine records. Its leading purpose is to provide a simple, expansibleconstruction having independently movable partitions, with means forcontrollingtheir movements and holding the records between them.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of aportfolio embodying my improvements; Fig. 2 is a sectional viewrepresenting details of the construction; Fig. 3 is a side viewrepresenting the improvements with a modified form of strap; Fi 4 is anend elevation of the portfolio; and Fig. 5 is a side elevation partiallyin section representing the improvements with a second modified form ofstrap.

The portfolio, as shown in the drawings, has a casing comprising thefiat base 1, the side 2 hinged to the base, the strut 3 hinged to theside 2, the side 4: hinged to the base, the cover 5 hinged to the sideat, the flap 6 overlapping the side 2, the button 'I on the side 2 iorengaging the eyelet 8 in the flap 6, and the handle 9 secured to the top5. Partitions or division cards 10 stand upon the base 1 between thesides 2 and 4c, and through the bottoms and ends of the sides andpartitions pass the sets of alined apertures or eyelets 11 and 12. A;strap 13 passes through the set of eyelets 11 and hooks 1d on the endsof the strap engage heeperslfi fixed to the sides 2 and t. Elasticstraps 16 passthrough the respective sets or" eyelets 12, and hoolrs'lY,similar to the hooks la, engage keepers, similar to the keepers 15,fixed to the sides. A single strap 18 (Fig. 8) having ends thereofextending through the eyelets 12, to connections by hooks 14; withkeepers 15, may be used to provide a' greater len h of elastic materialand a greater range oi expansion opening the case and separating thecards. The

ends of the straps passing through the eye-. lets may be providedwithloops 19 and held by pins 20 therein (Fig. 5) in lieu of the hooks 14and keepers 15.

The base 1 and top 5 may be omitted and the portfolio or filing casethus adapted for expansion through an extended ran e, the

capacity being readily alterable by a tering 1 the length of the strapsand inserting or withdrawing partitions. It will be understood that withthe port; folio in the position shown in Fig. 1,;th'e

cards 10 can be separated for the insertion or Withdrawal of flatarticles, as the talking machine records 21 shown in Fig. 4. Theinelastic bottom strap and the elastic side straps, adapted to engagethe peripheries of the disk shaped records, act to restore the sides totheir normal position and draw together the movable parts oi. the caseso that pressure will be exerted on the faces of the disksto preventthem from warping, the straps guiding andholding the parts of theportfolio and its contents.

While it is my leading purpose to provide a case or portfolio in whichflat talk1ng'ma'-' chine records can be readily inserted, withv I drawnand handled, it is to be understood that the constructionis adapted andmay be used for holding various other articles.

Having described my invention, I. claim:

1. A case having a base, sides hinged.

thereto, independent partitions supported by said. base and movablethereon between said sides, and fixed to said sides straps passingthrough the bottoms and ends of said partitions, said straps passinthrough the ends of said partitions being isposed in the median sectionsthereof.

2. An open ended case having a base, sides hinged to said base, a tophinged to one of said sides and having a flap adapted to engage theother of said sides, between said sides independent partitions havingbottom and end eyelets extending therethrough, and

extending through said eyelets straps. detachably connected to saidsides:

3. The combination ot a series er independent partitions, elastic strapsconnected with opposite edges of said'partitions, mem- Mama barsexierior i0 said partitions and com my name this 18th day of February,1999, in nectred with semi straps, sald partlt-lons D8111? the presenceof the subscnbmg Wnbnesses. movable indepfindantly of said straps, anc

ENRY tBR WN. 521d 'aps act-un to draw sald members and 5i C U pa:*1'1i;1ns teg ezher t0 suogect to pressure Wltnessesz articles held. betwe/anthem. ROBERT Jeamns EARLEY,

En Witness whereof I have hereunto set JOB. Gr. DENNY, Jr.

